Cymer laser maker slated to open Silicon Valley facility

Cymer, a San Diego maker of lasers used in semiconductor production, said it’s opening an office in Santa Clara to tap the Silicon Valley’s pool of workers.

The office will accommodate about 50 people, the company said. It will include employees across a variety of functions, but won’t include manufacturing, which is done at the company’s Rancho Bernardo campus.

Cymer has facilities in South Korea, Japan, Taiwan, Singapore, China and the Netherlands. This will be its first office in California outside of San Diego.